Raleigh’s Hub For Summer Theatre

This summer, May 30-June 23, TheatreFest 2024 is Raleigh’s hub for summer theatre. Connecting theatre-makers, companies, educators, and patrons alike - all in the celebration and advancement of live theatre.

With a varied script of theatrically-centered experiences on tap, TheatreFest has something for everyone!

Schedule:

May 30-June 16:

Written by STEVEN DIETZ

Directed by MIA SELF

A comic drama about loss, hope and finding the power to believe.

THE GREAT BEYOND reunites estranged sisters who have lost their father, the Captain, and whose contentious relationship remains unresolved. While the house is being packed away, Monica, Emily, and their partners decide to conduct a seance to contact the Captain. The seance produces the results that they hoped for in familiar and completely unexpected ways.

Companion piece to THE GHOST OF SPLINTER COVE and can be enjoyed before or after.

Performed by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.

Cost:

General Public: $27

Senior; Fac/Staff: $23

Youth/NC State: $10

Monday, June 3:

The Sips & Scripts platform supports and promotes original works written by North Carolina playwrights. Open to the general public, hear your new play read, lend your voice to read as a character, or simply come hear the new stories playwrights are creating and provide your feedback.

Kennedy-McIllwee Studio Theatre - 6:00pm

Participation is free on a first-come basis. No ticket is required.

June 14-23:

Written by STEVEN DIETZ

Directed by MIA SELF

A fun, lively and moving play for the courageous young person inside all of us.

Siblings Nate and Cora are forced to use Sim Camp: Wilderness 4.9, the latest update in a spectacular camping app, after their camping trip with their father falls apart. Their new friend Sydney, daughter of the psychic upstairs, and they “pretend camp” while banished to the basement. Imaginary friends, deceased relatives, and untold stories envelop the three while the adults sort out some mysteries of their own above.

Companion piece to THE GREAT BEYOND and can be enjoyed before or after.

Performed by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing

Cost:

General Public: $27

Senior; Fac/Staff: $23

Youth/NC State: $10

Saturday, June 15:

Putting the ‘festival’ in TheatreFest! Join us for this free, community-wide open house full of theatre-making events.

Thompson Hall - 1:00pm-4:00pm

Admission: Free

June 20-21

NC State presents the first performance reading of Kristin Lundberg’s new play, Dancing on Papou’s Heels - two nights only at TheatreFest.

Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre - 7:30pm

Admission: Free

Saturday, June 22:

QuickSCRIPTS is a night of 10-minute plays written, directed, and presented by theatre makers in record time. University Theatre invites you to be a part of the process as playwright, director, performer and audience.

Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre - 8:00pm

Cost:

Admission only $5.00 (includes tax and fees)

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Date: May 30-June 23, 2024

Location: Various locations in Raleigh, NC

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